“I’m not sure that Mitch is presented with anything different than having a 52-vote margin. A 51-vote margin might actually be easier to manage than a 52 vote,” Burr said in an interview when asked if McConnell would be appealing to incoming Democratic Alabama Sen. Doug Jones for a vote on tax reform.

“Hopefully, we've got tax reform done long before the certification of the Alabama outcome,” Burr added.

Jones on Tuesday defeated Republican Roy Moore, who was plagued by accusations of sexual misconduct, to become the first Democrat sent to the Senate from Alabama in a quarter century.

Burr called the special election in Alabama a “great interim show,” and said 2018 should be a concern to Democrats.

“In ’18, one-third of the Senate is up and the majority of the senators that are up come from states that Donald Trump won and in some cases won pretty handily. I think Democrats are much more concerned with the outcome of the ‘18 elections then they are the outcome of a special election."